Date: | Saturday 6 February 2016 |
Time: | 12:44 |
Type: | Antonov An-2R |
Owner/operator: | Light Air |
Registration: | RA-40204 |
MSN: | 1G219-54 |
Year of manufacture: | 1986 |
Total airframe hrs: | 6952 hours |
Cycles: | 20236 flights |
Engine model: | Shvetsov ASh-62IR |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Gay, Orenburg Oblast -
Russia
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Survey |
Departure airport: | Sterlitamark Airfield |
Destination airport: | Orsk Airport (OSW/UWOR) |
Investigating agency: | MAK |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Antonov 2 impacted a snow covered field during a pipeline inspection flight.
PROBABLE CAUSE (translated from Russian):
The most likely cause of the crash of the An-2 RA-40204 was the loss of spatial orientation by the crew during the execution of a turn in conditions of reduced visibility (fog) and "white" snow on the underlying surface, leading to an uncontrolled descent and collision of the aircraft with the ground.
Contributing factors:
- Incorrect assessment by the crew of meteorological conditions along the flight route, expressed in arbitrary decisions on the execution of the flight under VFR;
- A flight at an altitude below safe height;
- Lack of skills in the performance of the instrument flight, the weather conditions under which the flights were carried out did not meet the minimum requirements.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | MAK |
Report number: | Final report |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 9 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
LifeNews MAK Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) Location
Images:
photo (c) MAK; Gay, Orenburg Oblast; February 2016
photo (c) MAK; Gay, Orenburg Oblast; February 2016
photo (c) MAK; Gay, Orenburg Oblast; February 2016
photo (c) MAK; Gay, Orenburg Oblast; 06 February 2016
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